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from the raleigh independent revolutionary hptory r the editor of the w&mington chrotfe ; j â– -_,!â€ž. my attention was directed bypend to an article in your paper of the 5th*stant he3 ded battle of elizcbethtovn - the distinguished gentleman whe w you with an account of the battle i fcve-no l b l save it to jrou as he received but ; i i i ,,,,,; vu an wlucli : h i informal t overlooked the pa*^j h 11 1 , ; ;'" -; ."â– n,,iâ€ž,,ofourj s^ary^i^t exhibited tiv tclvrdingtothe showing ol y ; ur cor j resident it was an attack of great ar.i.g ; a executed with astonishing secrecy md des patch bui these though among the lements of war do n ' necessarily imply mil ary tal ent : nor can they aspire to thai glory which j crowning privilege nf military enterprise â€¢ on die contrary the actors might hÂ»e iorlnt r i nl tin applause which is due toteir valor bj the want of prospective measures and the discriminating annalist might deemit his du tr to note this achievement as the ucky ter mination of a desperate adventurejin which the passions had more lo do than ihfiintellect i and which deserved consideration nerely as , tbe accidi ntal bui efficienl cause of important consequences in tin country stppose that li ic band had attacked the strmghold of i rvisni irithoulany of those strati gem and . | lit is which an experienced ofjeer knows â– h Â«â€¢ tn practice ; arid ihai strongbtfb contain j ing a mi cerical force nt least five-bid greater . than their own : of equal intrepidi ; and on rleran officer whose abilities and well-tried j c luragc inspired with unanimity aid zeal the whole of his garrison how diflejent would have been the result ! how awful the conse quences .' â€” a forlorn hope sclf-imnnlatcd and doomed tn perish ! tin bam woulc have been ot off in this wild expedition of temerity and though their fate vould have been deplored they would neither tave deser red th 1 gratitude of their country tor merited i tin panegj rics of his'ory tin sagacious commander colbroicn did nol ac thus lb ditl not commence an expe â€¢â– dition without a plan ; and withouf looking to results and providing for contingencies eve ! ry meditated movcmenl was arranged and set j tied with exact precision ; and the destruction ol the superior officers of the ganison deter | mined on as an indispensable the ugh painful | measure to ensure the victory every indi j vidual was made perfectly acquainted with his duty in order that entire concert might be maintained during tbe conflict your correspondent's narrative is no doubt correct as to the advance of iho whigs under cover of night their forming in he roar of what was then called tho king's read driving in tin out posts and seatri is ; and making the : onset on the garrison here his deficiency will be evident when it is compared with the details which i am about to give after the first volley col brown with six officers who for he want of a more appropri ate word may be termed hisstqff and among whom were those gallant spirits own more food and robeson look a centra position as j previously arranged ; and the main body rush ed to a point at a specified distance on his right ; am reloaded with almost inconceivable rapidity the words of command vere then i heard in loud and distinct tones on the right ! ] col dodavs company ! advance ! no such officer and no such company being present tin main body advanced and fired wheeling ' rushed to a point to lhe left and reloaded as | before ; and the order was given in the same i audible voice on the left ! col gillespie's company ! no such officer and no such cum pany being present â€” the main bodyadvanc i ed and fired again on the right ! col j dickson's company ! advance ! the same | fiction being repeated the main body ad i vanced and tired ; and wheeling rushed to the | designated point again : on the left ma jor wright's company ! advance ! the same fiction being repeated the main body ad vanced and fired this ruse de gncrre was carried on until the i whig band was multiplied into ten or eleven companies it succeeded in making an im pression on the garrison that it was attacked j by a body of one thousand strong cd on by . experienced officers the self-possession and the energy with ; which the orders were given ; and the celerity j and animation with which they were executed under circumstances of recent fatigue and ex i posure are almost unparalleled in history ihiririg the time occupied in these evolutions <- oh brown with his staff as 1 have called them was improving accidents and niching occasions for taking deadly aims there must have been a sublimity in the j scene tho darkness of night broken by a sheet of flame at every successive volley of the whig band ; the outcries and clamor the ! disorderly firing of the tories the gallant ef forts of ol slingsby to restore order and to form his lines : his fall sosanguinely desired and yet so much regretted ; and the total route ot the garrison would to a person not enoan ed in the conflict if such a one could have ' been there have presented a spectacle or hor ror more easily imagined than described in this scene were exhibited all the brilliant features of the enterprise here on the field ol battle strategy and tactics were combined and constituted the military skill of the com ! mander of the whig force he vanquished the enemy ; by the exercise of such skill as l could not have been surpassed : and by a bold i ness and hardihood a promptitude of obedi ! dtence and rapidity of movement on the part ct those under his command that would have shed a lustre on the disciplined legions of mod ern europe Â« i proper now to state how i came by my wination i first heard the account in the way your correspondent received it from per sons whose names i cannot recollect ; and it i j no impression on my mind but that of a asperate attack in the night on col slings \ ty's post ; and perhaps a panic in the earri son iii fpwatds of thirty years ago i heard gen ' cral brown himself recount the particulars â€” ' it was was on the deck of a packet boat be ! tween smithvillc an _ womsngton a young ! irishman from baltimore a naturalized citizen i ol the united states was one of the passen i gers he was a furious zealot of rebellion ' against all government and obtruded on the ' company bis political opinions h e declaimed against our institutions and inveighed in viru if'nt language against some of our most distin guished statesman several gentlemen were present all natives ; and i believe there was wi one who was not roused by the insolence j tins foreigner one or two glanced at him â– ** he disregarded their remarks and contin a to vapor with a provoking contempt for his the carolina watchman bruner & james ) __, ,. . 7 , . _ f " keep a rnr.rk rr-ox all you editors se proprietors j __ sai __.. \ __ , ( new series rr/lees do this axd liberty < gen'l harriaon r number 1 of volume i i â– â€” â€” â– â€” â– salisbury n c may 4 1844 fellow passengers at length gen brown vlio was tho only one ol us who derived au thority from age and revolutionary services ; and who had been kindled into indignation by his impertinence commenced an oblique at tick on him by marking the distinction be tween the legitimate patriotism of that day which " tried men's souls and the spurious love of liberty of the then epoch which ten deicd its services uncalled for and unrequired and vaunted itself in noisy strictures on the administration ; and malevolent accusations a gainst tlie distinguished patriots who conduct it lie proceeded to relate some anecdotes of his military life ; but none of them riveted my attention so entirely as the affair at elizabeth town when his narration reached the bat'.lo ground ; and he depicted the operations ttiere he grew very warm we all became engros sed by the subject ; ar.d ihe irishman was re duced to silence and mortification it happens that the inside of recollecting ma te ials for a history of the state which i have for many years past recommended has been reduced to practice by you ; and with immedi ate success ; and without any privity between us you have induced a talented gentleman of bladen county to furnish the sketch of a mili tary expedition which terminated in a battle â€” lie has given you the history of this expedition as he received it and points to the result and its important consequences ; and i have con ceived it my duty to supply additional particu lars here is an example set to those who desire that materials lor tho history of our rev olution should be accumulated if there is any public spirit in the country the example will be followed i am sir very respectfully your ob't serv't y z p s â€” one of the baud referred to above walked over the battle held with the late gen thomas davis of fayetteville and pointed out to him the different positions occupied by the whig force during the attack on elizabeth town is it not probable that gen davis made memorandums of this inspection which may yet be ibund among his papers ; and may enable us to form a more accurate idea of the plan and the details of the battle '? from the southern rose bud a family scene i carried with me from my mother's house a cat which was so beautiful that i named her fairy in honor of the damsel who was changed to grimalkin in the old romance if i had prejudice it was in favor of cats and against dogs ; this was unfortunate for soon after my marriage i was introduced to a mastiff of ed ward's nearly as large as myself i had often heard him speak of his dog and the faithfulness with which he guarded the office i was too busy in other interests to think much of grow ler for some time i only observed that on occasional visits tor the office was his head quarters fairy's back rose indignantly and i felt mine disposed to mount too at length growler finding the house so comfortable came home at night and daringly laid his un wieldy form on the centre of the hearth rug while fairy routed irom her luxuriant station stood upon her dignity hissing and sputtering in one corner for a long period a single look from me would make edward banish growler from the room : but a present of a new office dog from a friend completely established him at home and my husband became accustomed to my look and growler presence when he grew indifferent my ire was roused i affirmed that of all created things dogs was the dirtiest â€” that the house was filled with fleas â€” that my visiters never could approach the fire â€” that growler eat us out of house and home â€” and if he was to be indulged in tracking the wil ton carpet and painted floors we had better be in a wigwam edward sometimes gently excused his dog sometimes defended him and always turned him out of doors the animal knowing he had an enemy in the cabinet would sneak in with a cowardly look his tail between his legs but invariably succeeding in ensconsing him self on fairy's rightful domain at length i became quite nervous about him â€” it seemed to me that he haunted me like a ghost i was even jealous of edward's ca resses to him and looked and spoke as no good wife should look or speak to her husband it is from permitting such trifles to gain the ascendancy over the mind that most connubial discords proceed we dwell on some peculiar ity in manner or taste opposed to our own and jar the rich harp of domestic happines until one by one every string is broken i might have gone on in this foolish ingenuity for un happiitess and perhaps have been among those whose matrimonial bands are chains not gar lands had i not when reading one sabbath morning the fifth chapter of ephesians been struck with a sudden sense of my duty as i met the words and the wife sec that she rev erence her husband oh young and lovely bride watch well the first moment when your will conflicts with his to whom god and society gives the control ; reverence his wishes even when you do not l"s opinion opportunities enough will arise for the expression of your independence to which he will gkdly accede without a contest lor trifles the beautiful independence that soars over antl conquers an irritable temper is higher than any other so sure as vou believe faults of temper are beneath praver and self examinotion you are on dangerous ground ; a fountain will spring up on you household hearth of bitter and troubled waters when this con viction came over me i threw myself upon my knees and prayed to god for a gentle sub missive temper after long and earnest inqui ry into my own heart i left the chamber calm and happy edward was reading and growl er stood beside him i approached them soft ly and patting the dog's head said so growl er helping your master to read v edward looked at me enquiringly i am sure my whole expression of face was changed ; he drew me to him in silence and gave me a token of re gard he never bestowed on growler from that moment though i might wince a little at | his inroads on my neat housekeeping i never \ gave the dog an angry word and i taught fai i ry to regard him as one of the lords of crea tii n p growler's intelligence was remarkable al though it did not equal that of sir walter scott's ! bulldog terrier who could perceive the mean ; ing ot words and who understood an allusion i t j an offence he had commuted against the ba j : ker for which he had been punished in j j whatever voice and tone it was mentioned he i [ would get up and retire into the darkest corner j | of the room with an air of distress eutifi ; you sail the baker was not hurt alter all camp came forth from his hiding place caper ed h ! and rejoiced growler however h.:.j many of those properties of observation j which rai*e the canine race so high in the at j fections of man when edward made his forenoon sortie from ' j the office lo look at his sleeping boy growler â€¢ always accompanied him and rested his fore \ i paws on the head of the cradle as the babe â– ] grew older he loved to try experiments upon i ! the clogs sagacity and the childs courage sometimes fred was put into a basket and . i growler drew him carefully about the room ; ] with a string between his teeth ; as the boy ; | advanced in strength he was seated upon ] i the dog's back with a whip in his hand i â€” when my attachment to growler in ; increased new experiments were made par i ! ticularly after the birth of martha she was : j an exquisite little infant and it seemed to us ! ; that the dog was more gentle and tender in his | | movements with her than with frederick j j when two months old f.dward sometimes ar j ranged a shawl carefully about her tied it strongly and putting the knot between the dog's teeth sent her across the room to me no mo ther ever carried a child more skilfully of | course all these associations attached him to j the infant and after a while he deserted the rug where fairy again established herself and laid himself down and slept by the infant's cradle there is nothing more picturesque than the image of an infant and alargf dug every one has felt it the little plump hand looks smaller and whiter in his rough hair and the round dimpled cheek rests on his shaggy coat â€” like a flower on a rock edward and frederick rode one afternoon to roxbury to take tea with a friend our woman in the kitchen wished to pass the night j with a sick person after the evening lecture j and 1 fedt no hesitation in leaving martha in j pollys's care we were prevented by an ac cidental delay from from returning until ten o'clock the ride over the neck although it was fine sleighing appeared uncommonly long for never had been so long from my infant the | wind was sharp and frosty but my attention was beguiled by sheltering frederick with my furs who soon fell asleep singing his own lullaby as we entered the square we per ceived that the neighboring houses were clos ed for the night and no light visible but a uni versal brilliant through the crevices of our | parlor shutters our hearts misgave us i j uttered an involuntary cry and edward said i that a common fire light could not produce j i such an effect he urged his horse we ! i reached the house i sprang from the door jt i was fastened we knocked with violence ! there was no answer ave looked through a small aperture and both screamed in agony fire !' in vain edward attempted to wrench the bolt or burst the door â€” that horrible light still gleamed on us we flew to the side door ! and then i recollected that a window was usually left open in a room which communica ted with the parlor for the smoke to escape when the wind prevailed in the quarter it had done this day the window was opened and as edward threw down logs that we might j reach it we heard a stifled howl we mount â– ed the logs and could just raise our heads to the window oh heavens ! what were our i emotions as we saw growler with his fore j paws stationed on the window holding martha safely with her night dress between his teeth ! ready to spring at the last extremity and sus | pending the little cherub so carefully that \ she thought it was but one of his custom ary gambols with a little effort edward i reached the child and growler springing to j the ground fawned and grovelled at our feet epward alarmed the neighborhood and en ] tered the window poor polly had fainted in ! the entry from the close atmosphere and excess ' of terrcr â€” she could give no account of the ! origin of the fire unless she had dropped a i spark on the window curtain the moment a blaze appeared she endeavored to extinguish ! it but said she the flames ran like wild 1 fire ; and when i found i could do no i thing i snatched martha from the cradle and ; ran into the entry to get out by the back 1 door ; after that i recollect nothing with prodigious efforts the house was save ; ed though with great loss of furniture but what were pecuniary losses that night to us ? | we were sheltered by a hospitable neighbor ; i our little cherub was clasped in our arms â€¢ amid smiles and tears ; and growler our good , | growler with a whimpering dream lay sleep j | ing at our feet dr j l martin formerly principal clerk in the department of state has j been appointed by the president of the j united states with the advice and con j ' sent of the senate to be secretary of le j : gation to france j at hartford conn the experiment of i covering the body with sliced onions and i renewing them often till the fever sub | | sides has been tried with great effect in | cases of scarlet fever the onions draw j i the fever to the surface and imbibe it to j some extent the naughty boys at springfield kiss ! the young ladies in temperance meeting i j he of the springfield republican is of j opinion that such things are not consist j j ent with total abstinence the question j appears to be this â€” is kissing intoxica j j ting ? who does answer ? a little hunchback ax afrectixc ixcidext in the knickerbocker for april we find the following affecting incident received by the editor from an esteemed corres ! pondent who transcribed it verbatim from j the familiar letter of a friend it teach j es a most useful lesson and if any one i can read it without emotion with the ! editor of the knickerbocker we say let ; him confine his indifference within his ' own cold bosom : " i have just returned from the funeral of poor emma g , a little girl to whom i had been for years most tenderly attach ; ed as there was something very touch \ ing in the circumstances connected with her death i will relate them to you she was the daughter of a widow a near neighbor of mine when i first knew her she was a sprightly child of about four years of age perfect in form and fea ture tlie bloom of health was upon her cheek ! her eye was the brightest i ever saw while in her bosom there glowed a ! generous affection that seemed to era | brace all with whom she came in con ! tact eut when she reached her seventh j year her health began to decline the rose suddenly paled upon her cheek and | eye had acquired prematurely that sad j thoughtful expression which gives so mel ! ancholy a charm to tbe features of wast ' ing beauty her mother looked on with | an anxious heart and at an utter loss to ! account for so sudden a change in her ! health but soon a new source of anx | iety appeared while dressing her one j day she observed on emma's back just j between the shoulders a small swelling j of about the size of a walnut as she watched the spot and observed that it ! grew larger from day to day the mother i began to have sad misgivings these i however she kept to herself for a time soon afterwards a slight stoop in her gait became visible the family physician was now called in and the worst forebo dings of the mother were confirmed her idolized child was fast becoming a hunch back ! i will not attempt to describe the feel ings of the mother who was thus doom ed witness from day to day the slow growth of that which was to make one so dear to her a cripple and a dwarf â€” suffice it to say her love as well as care seemed to be redoubled and emma be came more than ever the child of her af fections nor did her little companions neglect her when she could no longer join in their out door sports and her own sprightly step had given place to a slow stooping gait and the sweet ringing voice to a sad or querulous tone that sometimes | made the very heart ache on the con ! trary all vied with each other in admin i istering to her amusements among them i none to her with more assiduity than her i brother william who was the nearest to j her own age he gave up all his own | out door play in order to be with her and < seemed never so happy as when he could ! draw a smile and though it was from her thoughtful features but after a while emma grew way ward under her affliction ; and unfortu i nately though generally good natured ! william had a quick temper to check ', which required more self-command than i commonly falls to one so young some : times therefore when he found plan af ' tcr plan which he had projected for her : amusement rejected with peevish con i tempt he could hardly conceal from her ! his own wounded feelings yet though at times ungrateful emma was perhaps i not so in fact ; and she loved her brother '; better than any one else save her mother it was only in moments open her too sen sitive nature had been chafed perhaps by her own reflections â€” for like the majori ty of children in her circumstances she was thoughtful beyond her years â€” that her conduct seemed unkind and then when she marked the clouded expression | of her brother's face she would ask for â– givencss in so meek a spirit and kiss his i cheek so affectionately that he forgave her almost as soon as offended years thus passed on when one day after she had been more than usually per verse and fretful william who had been | reading to her on receiving some slight i rebuff started suddenly from his seat by i her side called her " a little hunchback 1 and left the room in a moment howe i ver his passion subsided and returning j i he found his sister in tears he attempt ed to put his arm around her neck ; but ! she repulsed him and slipping away re j tired to her own chamber her mother | soon after learned what had happened ; and going to emma found her upon the | bed in a paroxysm of grief she endea 1 ' vored to soothe her feelings but in vain : j she refused to be comforted " i want to ' die mother she replied to all her endear ments ; m i have long felt that i was a i burden to you all she cried herself to sleep that night and on the morrow was too ill to rise the doctor was called in and warned the mother against an ap i proaching fever for three days she re i mained in an uncertain state ; but on the fourth the fever came in earnest and thenceforth she was confined to her pil low in the mean lime the grief of william had been more poignant even than that of his sister thrice he had been to her bedside to ask her forgiveness and kiss once more her pallid cheek ; but she tur ned her face resolutely away and refus ed to recognize him after these repul ses he would slowly leave the room and going to his own chamber sit brooding for hours over the melancholy consequen ces of his rashness owing to the previous enfeebled health of emma the fever made rapid progress and it soon became apparent that she must die william in consequence of the violent aversion of his sister had lat terly been denied admittance to the chain i ber though he lingered all day about the door eagerly catching the least word in regard to her state and apparently un mindful of all other existence one morning there was evidently a cri sis approaching ; for the mother and at tendants hurrying softly in and out the sufferer's chamber in quick whispered words gave orders or imparted intelli gence to others william saw it all and with the quick instinct of affection seem ed to know what it forboded taking his little stool therefore he sat down be side the chamber door and waited in si lence in the mean time the mother stood over the dying child watching while a short unquiet slumber held her back for , ! a little longer several times a sweet : smile trembled round the sufferer's lips : and her arms moved as if pressing some thing to her bosom then she awoke ; i and fixing her eyes upon her mother j whispered faintly " i thought william was here a stifled sob was heard at the door which stood partly open airs ; g stepped softly out and leading ! william to the bedside pointed to his dy \ ing sister he threw himself upon her ; bosom and pressing his lips to her pale | cheek prayed for forgiveness emma did not heed him but looking again in her : mother's face and pointing upward said i softly : " i shant be so there ! â€” shall i . mother v j " no my child !" replied the weeping j parent " i hope not but don't talk so ; emma forgive your poor brother or | you'll break his heart emma tried to grasp something ; but ' whatever it was whether of love or hate i it never reached a mortal ear in a few ' moments she was no more washington's camp chest we copy from the national intelligen cer the following interesting report of what was said and done in the house of ' ; representatives in connection with the presentation of washington's camp chest to congress : mr adams rose and addressed the ; house as follows : i in compliance with the desire express ! ed in the last will of william sidney ' winder a distinguished citizen of the : state of maryland now no more ] rise : to present to this house and through ! this house to the congress of the united states the camp chest of general george ; washington which he used during the j revolutionary war â– as my warrant for presenting myself i to the house in the performance of this i service i send to the clerk's table and request him to read a few brief doc i uments 1 letter from john wethered 2 william sidney winder's will 3 his letter unsigned with that of mary s winder 4 henry maynadier to gov winder 5 henry maynadier to w s winder at the last session of congress it was i my fortune to offer a resolution of accept 'â– â– ance for the sword of our nation's great | heroic revolutionary commander and i chief presented together with the staff ! bequeathed by his compatriot statesman | and friend benjamin franklin to the | '. congress by samuel t washington of j kenawha county virginia this inci ; dent was probably the inducement to the : late mr winder to devolve upon me the i welcome and honorable office of present ! ing this additional relic of the great champion of our country's freedom and gi or y the donor on that occasion was yet j living and with the resolution accepting ! the donation the house thought proper : to subjoin a unanimous vote of thanks ! to the donor for the gift in this case the donor is no longer in ! : the land of the living he is beyond the j the reach of praise or blame from his j fellow creatures of the human race â€” i his heart can beat no more in sympathy i with those to whom the love of their 1 country is from the cradle to the grave ; the never ceasing impulse of the soul â€” , but tbat it was so to him this bequest i the last act of his life â€” this letter dictat ' ed by him on his dying bed and his sig , nature of which was suspended by the ! angel of death wresting the pen from his hand are testimonials of which all com ment of mine could but weaken the ; ' force the thanks of this house arc no longer accessible to his ears ; but to his bereav j ed and respected family a resolution of 'â– congress attesting the grateful sense < i with which they received this bequest | may carry soothing consolation to their , bosoms and we may humbly hope joy j even-to him in the mansions of a better world in the presentation of the sword of george washington to the last congress j a profound and sublime lesson of national and individual morality associated with pure and lofty patriotism was convoyed to his countrymen of ibis and of all after ages it w ill bo recollected in bequeath ing his swords to h'.s nephews the chris tian hero had enjoined upon them never to unsheath them for the purpose of shed ding blood except for self-defence or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter case to keep them un sheathed and fall with them in their hands rather than relinquish them the use and vocation of tlie sword is to shed blood far different is the uso of the implements now offered to the ac ceptance of congress the sword is tho instrument of destruction these are implements useful or necessary to supply the wants of physical nature and for the preservation of human life these are al<o useful for dispensing tofbtners the rood offices of humanity the convivial pleasures of friendship and the sacred rites of hospitality to all those pur poses that identical chest and its eon tents have contributed in times that tried the souls of men and women too 1 send to the clerk a letter which i request him to read with a voice that all may hoar the clerk read as follows west ponrr august 16 17 deab doctor i have asked mrs cochran and mrs livingston to dine with me to-morrow but ought i not to apprize them of their fare ' as 1 hate deception even whore the imagination only is con cerned 1 will it i needless to premise that my table is large enough to hold the ladies of ibis they had ocular proof yesterday to say how it is usually covered is rather more essential and this shall be the pur port of my letter since our arrival in this happy spot we have had a ham sometimes a shoulder of bacon to grace the head of the table a piece of ro^st beef adorns the foot and a small dish of greens or beans almost imperceptible decorates the centre â€” â– when the cook has a mind to cut a figure and this j presume he will attempt to do to-morrow we have two beefsteak pies or dishes of crabs in addition one i on each side the cent re dish dividing the space and reducing the distance between dish and dish to about six feet which without them would be near twelve apart of late he had the surprising luck to dis : cover that apples will make pics and it's i a question if amidst the violence of his efforts we do not got one of apples in , stead of having both of beef if the ladies can put up with such en tertainment and will submit to partake : of it on plates once tin but now iron not become so by a labor of scouring i shall be happy to see them i am dear doctor your most obedient servant g washington dr cochran new windsor mr adams then submitted the follow ing resolutions : resolved by the senate and house of ' representatives of the united states of â– america in congress assembled that the â€¢ camp chest of general george washing j ton which he used during the revolution ! ary war bequeathed by the last will of j the late william sidney winder to the l congress of the united states be and the same is hereby accepted ; and that tho same be deposited as a precious relic to be preserved in the department of slate resolved that the senate and house : of representatives take pleasure in re cognising to the family of the late wil j liam sidney winder their high sense of j the value of the bequest contained in his j will and in expressing their respect lor i the memory of the donor the resolutions having been read a ' first and second time and having been ! put upon their third reading mr wethered said : in seconding llm i resolutions just offered by my venerable friend of massachusetts i take occasion | to say that the devisor of this deeply in teresting relic william sidney winder ' was alike my constituent and my inti mate friend respected and esteemed by all who knew him and endeared to a large circle of relative he has with honor to himself and constituents repre sented the state of maryland in her lcg i islature 1 this camp chest was inherited from his father governor winder a contempo rary and fellow officer of the father of his country in our revolutionary struggle and the descendant of a family which emigrated to this country two centuries ago and which has ever held in this land of their choice the most respectable standing it was presented to governor winder by colonel maynadier of annapolis him self an officer of the revolution who re ceived it from the executors of general washington it was governor winder who on tho 4th day of july is15 laid the corner stone of that beautiful monument erected to the memory of washington in th city of baltimore and which constitutes its chief ornament i can add from my own knowledge that for several years it had been the purpose of the late mr winder to consign this relic to the care of congress but such was his attachment to it that the hour of parting with it never arrived and it in unhappily to the hand of death that wo are indebted for it now mr john p kennedy followed in some remarks which he concluded by offering the subjoined resolution : resolved that the letters and papers accompanving the bequest of the camp chest of washington by thp late win sidney winder of maryland be entered upon the journal of this house the vote being taken on ach of thess resolutions they were adopted unanimous ly with the exception of mr hah of new hampshire who in each case vot ed ? no r

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from the raleigh independent revolutionary hptory r the editor of the w&mington chrotfe ; j â– -_,!â€ž. my attention was directed bypend to an article in your paper of the 5th*stant he3 ded battle of elizcbethtovn - the distinguished gentleman whe w you with an account of the battle i fcve-no l b l save it to jrou as he received but ; i i i ,,,,,; vu an wlucli : h i informal t overlooked the pa*^j h 11 1 , ; ;'" -; ."â– n,,iâ€ž,,ofourj s^ary^i^t exhibited tiv tclvrdingtothe showing ol y ; ur cor j resident it was an attack of great ar.i.g ; a executed with astonishing secrecy md des patch bui these though among the lements of war do n ' necessarily imply mil ary tal ent : nor can they aspire to thai glory which j crowning privilege nf military enterprise â€¢ on die contrary the actors might hÂ»e iorlnt r i nl tin applause which is due toteir valor bj the want of prospective measures and the discriminating annalist might deemit his du tr to note this achievement as the ucky ter mination of a desperate adventurejin which the passions had more lo do than ihfiintellect i and which deserved consideration nerely as , tbe accidi ntal bui efficienl cause of important consequences in tin country stppose that li ic band had attacked the strmghold of i rvisni irithoulany of those strati gem and . | lit is which an experienced ofjeer knows â– h Â«â€¢ tn practice ; arid ihai strongbtfb contain j ing a mi cerical force nt least five-bid greater . than their own : of equal intrepidi ; and on rleran officer whose abilities and well-tried j c luragc inspired with unanimity aid zeal the whole of his garrison how diflejent would have been the result ! how awful the conse quences .' â€” a forlorn hope sclf-imnnlatcd and doomed tn perish ! tin bam woulc have been ot off in this wild expedition of temerity and though their fate vould have been deplored they would neither tave deser red th 1 gratitude of their country tor merited i tin panegj rics of his'ory tin sagacious commander colbroicn did nol ac thus lb ditl not commence an expe â€¢â– dition without a plan ; and withouf looking to results and providing for contingencies eve ! ry meditated movcmenl was arranged and set j tied with exact precision ; and the destruction ol the superior officers of the ganison deter | mined on as an indispensable the ugh painful | measure to ensure the victory every indi j vidual was made perfectly acquainted with his duty in order that entire concert might be maintained during tbe conflict your correspondent's narrative is no doubt correct as to the advance of iho whigs under cover of night their forming in he roar of what was then called tho king's read driving in tin out posts and seatri is ; and making the : onset on the garrison here his deficiency will be evident when it is compared with the details which i am about to give after the first volley col brown with six officers who for he want of a more appropri ate word may be termed hisstqff and among whom were those gallant spirits own more food and robeson look a centra position as j previously arranged ; and the main body rush ed to a point at a specified distance on his right ; am reloaded with almost inconceivable rapidity the words of command vere then i heard in loud and distinct tones on the right ! ] col dodavs company ! advance ! no such officer and no such company being present tin main body advanced and fired wheeling ' rushed to a point to lhe left and reloaded as | before ; and the order was given in the same i audible voice on the left ! col gillespie's company ! no such officer and no such cum pany being present â€” the main bodyadvanc i ed and fired again on the right ! col j dickson's company ! advance ! the same | fiction being repeated the main body ad i vanced and tired ; and wheeling rushed to the | designated point again : on the left ma jor wright's company ! advance ! the same fiction being repeated the main body ad vanced and fired this ruse de gncrre was carried on until the i whig band was multiplied into ten or eleven companies it succeeded in making an im pression on the garrison that it was attacked j by a body of one thousand strong cd on by . experienced officers the self-possession and the energy with ; which the orders were given ; and the celerity j and animation with which they were executed under circumstances of recent fatigue and ex i posure are almost unparalleled in history ihiririg the time occupied in these evolutions